Amer Shomali is a Palestinian artist born in Kuwait in 1981, and is currently based in Ramallah, Palestine. 
He holds a master´s degree in animation from the Arts University Bournemouth in the United Kingdom and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Birzeit University, Palestine.
He is an activist working in animation, illustration and political cartoons. Shomali is practitioner using art, digital media and films.
He uses his art to interact with social and Palestinian context.
In 2005, he helped to establish ZAN studio, which brings together young artists and technicians to work on innovative projects in the field of new media and the visual arts.
Amer Shomali´s work
The Wanted 18
Selected Exhibitions:
-Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE, 2014.
-TIFF, Toronto Intirnational Film Festival, Toronto, 2014.
-MEASAF Middle East Alternate Sounds & Arts Festival, Athens, 2014.
-How Green Was My Valley, whitebox Art Center, NY, April 2014.
-The Modern Arts Museum of Algiers, The Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence (MoMRtA), Algeria/Kuwait, 2013.
-400 years of Palestinian art, Bank of Palestine Museum, Bethlehem, Palestine, April 2013.
-Qalandiya International, Gestures in Time, Al Mamal foundation, Jerusalem, Palestine, Nov 2012.
-Framed/Unframed, Al Najah University, Nablus, Palestine, Sep 2012.
-Beyond the Last Sky, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia, 2012.
-International Comic Salon, Erlangen, Germany, June 2012.
-Loop, The Palestinian Art Court, Jerusalem, Palestine, March 2012.
-Framed/Unframed, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine, Sep 2011.
-Festival of Video Art & Performance, Gaza, Palestine, 2011.
-MEASAF Middle East Alternate Sounds & Arts Festival, Athens, 2010.
– Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia, 2010.
-Beirut Animated 2009, Lebanon, 2009.
-FIBDA Festival International de bande dessinée, Algeria, Oct 2009.
-MASARAT, les halles, Bruxelles, Belgium, Aug 2008.
-No Man’s Land, Gemek, Amsterdam, Netherland, Sept 2008.
-Lighting Lamps, The Guardian foundation, London, United Kingdom, July 2008.
-MASARAT, Wallonie Bruxelles A Paris, France, March 2008.
-Xray, Streets’ Billboard, Ramallah, Palestine, April 2007.
-MASARAT, MAISON FOLIE, Mons, Belgium, Dec 2007.
-The Second International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World, Iran, 2007.
Sources:
http://alhoush.com/amer-shomali
http://saidfoundation.org/alumnus/amer-shomali
Further reading
– New Palestine cinema comes to Malaysia, Canada and US
-http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/new-palestine-cinema-comes-malaysia-canada-and-us
